I live in Santa Cruz, California. There are basically three record shops here:

Streetlight. This is part of a Bay Area chain. Metal pretty well represented, a tiny metal vinyl selection which is mostly composed of NWN! releases, HHR and some of the bigger labels (Earache, Relapse, etc.). Hardly ever any used metal LPs, but I have been able to find gems here every once in a while, like Nocturnus "The Key" for $10, and the second Acid LP for $4! Fair prices for new CDs, pretty decent selection of underground black/death stuff for a town this size.

Logos. All used vinyl. This is inside of a huge bookstore. Hardly ever find metal here, but it's worth a look for classic rock and whatnot. Really good prices, you can always find something cool or weird here. But don't expect to find metal aside from big names like Priest, Maiden, etc.

Metamusic. All vinyl, almost all new. Focus is more on indie/electronic music, but they do carry some black/death vinyl, like Back on Black and the Death reissues and whatnot. I hardly ever go there, because Streetlight has pretty much all the stuff Metamusic has for cheaper. Run by nice guys though.

Forget about the rest (ca.15 stores), that are mentioned in the yellow pages of Munich. Just disappointing. And if there is Metal, then there are always the same Accept/Whitesnake LPs filed under "Heavy".

And the opening times are horrible. 3:00pm to 7:00pm for M2 Music as an example.

People into House, Techno, Jazz, Klassik, Wave, Blues:
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Peterott...
Does the huge W.O.M. still exist??
When I lived in München in the 1980s they had a whole big room with nothing but metal, tons of obscure (then)shit...Manilla Road, all kinds of US imports from tiny labels, tons of UK imports, large zine selection, etc...

That World Of Music shop down in the basement in the inner city has closed down approx. 2 years ago. They always had tons of people down there, but nearly no one bought their overpriced CDs compared with other "CD-shops" like Drogeriemarkt Müller or Saturn Hansa in the same area. I usually listened to their 19 Euros CDs, and then bought them elsewhere for 12 Euros... (must be 36 DM during your times here compared to 25 DM in other shops). However, they had very cool import CDs, good vinyl section, ... but unfortunately totally overpriced.

W.o.M. also had an outlet close to Stachus/Karlsplatz, where they sold a lot of cut-out CDs or stuff which was in the main shop for 5+ years without getting sold. Found there the Traumatic - Spasmodc Climax CD for 5 Euros. But this was closed 3 years ago already._________________Tradelist + Good Traders:
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I was lucky...it was around 4 DM to the $ when I was there in München in 1984...things were cheap for us Americans for a little while!

By the time I moved from Spangdahlem AFB (by Bitburg) back to the States in late 1986 though it was closer to 2 DM to the $..._________________Label:
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Here in Victoria BC ... after your mandatory trip to ROSS BAY CEMETERY be sure to check out Lyle's Place on Yates St. All CD's but quite a good metal section with tons of NWN! releases ... the manager is a metal head and knows his stuff. Be sure to also check out Turntable in Fan Tan Alley for psych rock gems ... just picked up German Oak and Arthur Brown ... a little pricy but you're getting only top quality. Lots of used as well._________________http://www.facebook.com/mitochondrion137

Long Island isn't the same without Slipped Disc, but some shops worth checking out are:

Mr Cheapo (Mineola and Commack)

Mineola location is better, I think. Cheaper prices. Like most "mom and pop" record shops that don't exclusively deal in Metal, it's pretty hit or miss if that's what your looking for.

Looney Tunes (Babylon)

Have an OK selection of Metal, mostly from the bigger labels though. Prices are pretty fair. They just started selling second hand LP's and last time I was there, I saw no Metal.

Avenue D Records and Collectibles (Islip)

I just discovered this place. Mostly deal with old 50's Rock N' Roll and Jazz, but they have two bins of Metal with the usually amount of Maiden, Priest, Manowar, Accept, etc. But they also have some less popular stuff as well. Last time I was there, I picked up a Picture (Hol) LP. I didn't see anything incredibly rare when I was there. Prices range between $8 and $15 an LP. Vinyl is all in good condition too, if it's not, it's price accordingly.

In NYC.....

Generation Records (Manhattan)

One of the last places left with a decent selection of Metal, which is pretty sad. They stock pretty much all NWN! Prod. releases on CD and LP, so.....

Hospital Productions (Manhattan)

Located in hole under a Reggae shop. Walk to the back of the shop and crawl into it on a wobbly latter. If you're fat, don't waste your time going, cause you wouldn't fit. They have a lot of Noise shit and some Black Metal. They have NWN! Prod. titles, Northern Heritage and Ajna stuff, as well as some others.

Bleeker Bob (Manhattan)

Pretty worthless, over hyped shithole, but a quick stop inside never really hurts. Small selection of Metal CD's and vinyl in usually poor condition with prices higher than they should be.

Shit, I was just in the city for a week and wish I had read this thread..

Just came back from France... found a great record shop in Poitiers as well as in Paris. Whoever said there were no good metal records to be found in Paris hasn't been there in a while... I spent a little fortune there!

Has anyone else in the SF Bay had a chance to check out Shaxul on Haight? Worth looking through? Whenever I've gone by it hasn't been open._________________"The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity."